I mentioned that Southborough, home of the in-laws and Meow’s is not well pubbed, but we actually stayed in what most folk would consider a pub for 3 nights last weeks. The Hand & Sceptre is decidedly not a pub. In fact, I’m sure the words “Rooms and Edibles” is probably scribbled on the ancient… Continue reading ONE BEER IS PLENTY (PART 337)
Tag: Tunbridge Wells
IN-LAW DRAMA AT TOAD ROCK
I occasionally get odd requests from readers of the blog. You know, write about the worst pub in the UK, tell us about hopping rates, show us what your in-laws look like*. Well here you go, this is the Father-in-Law from Tunbridge Wells, England’s most unlikely capital of craft. There’s a Beavertown amongst those… Continue reading IN-LAW DRAMA AT TOAD ROCK
PANTILES PERFECTION
A nice short post to help me clear some more backlog and my conscience. The good folk in the Sussex Arms, Tunbridge Wells, are probably wondering where their write-up is, given they’ve been following my Tweets since a visit that seems like decades ago. Rubbish blog management is the answer. In fact, it was only… Continue reading PANTILES PERFECTION
ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS – HOPS AND HIGH ROCKS
I took my nearly-octogenarian in-laws on a pub crawl round their home town* on Sunday. They loved it, but then they were drinking 7% beers by the end. To be fair to what I’ll now call RTW, it looked at its very best. The modern town is quite functional, but there’s enough hilly streets on the way down… Continue reading ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS – HOPS AND HIGH ROCKS
DEGUSTATION IN TUNBRIDGE WELLS
Last post before Cuba, so where else but Royal Tunbridge Wells to say goodbye to proper beer for a week (I think). Paul Bailey has written about the merits of my in-laws town in increasingly glowing terms recently, and among the new places he’s mentioned it was the Fuggles Beer Cafe that appealed most. This… Continue reading DEGUSTATION IN TUNBRIDGE WELLS
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